A spherical inverted-F antenna (SIFA)

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 649-652

  Huff, Gregory H ^a   McDonald, Jacob J ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal antennas; Inverted F antenna; MICS; Multifunctional antennas; Planar inverted F antenna (PIFA); Spherical antennas; Spherical inverted F antenna (SIFA)

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; INVERTED-F ANTENNA; MICS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL ANTENNAS; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA; SPHERICAL ANTENNAS;

SPHERES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77949402201     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2022965     Document Type: Article

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